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| March 21, 2007
- Corruption & Money Laundering
- Oil, Gas & Mining
Oil Revenue Transparency: A Strategic Component of U.S. Energy Security Policy

The time has come for a global drive towards energy revenue transparency, says a new Global Witnessreport issued today. Energy revenue transparency limits the scope for oil-related corruption through fiscal accountability. This initiative presents a low cost, high-impact opportunity for both the United States and international oil companies to enhance energy security, improve investment climates, and contribute to the development of poor nations.
| Feb. 19, 2007
Angola: Immediate release of anti-corruption campaigner required

Human rights and anti-corruption campaign group Global Witness is demanding the immediate and unconditional release of their employee Dr Sarah Wykes, a highly respected international anti-corruption campaigner.
| Feb. 19, 2007
- Corruption & Money Laundering
- Angola
Angola: Demande de libération immédiate d'une activiste contre la corruption demandée

Global Witness, une organisation travaillant sur les droits de l'homme et la corruption, exige la libération immédiate et inconditionnelle de leur employée Dr. Sarah Wykes, une activiste internationale hautement respectée faisant campagne contre la corruption. Dr Wykes a été arrêtée par des policiers angolais armés dimanche 18 février au matin à Cabinda, alors qu'elle se trouvait en Angola, un pays riche en pétrole, pour rencontrer des représentants de la société civile locale et discuter des progrès dans la transparence du secteur pétrolier angolais.
| Nov. 14, 2006
Leading anti-corruption campaigner detained over alleged defamation

Christian Mounzeo, a leading campaigner against corruption in Congo Brazzaville and member of the Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was arrested yesterday and accused of defaming the country’s President. The arrest is the latest move in a campaign of judicial harassment against activists denouncing the looting of public money in Congo, sub-Saharan Africa’s fifth largest oil producer.
| Nov. 8, 2006
- Corruption & Money Laundering
- Oil, Gas & Mining
African Minister buys multi-million dollar California mansion

Teodoro Nguema Obiang, playboy son of the President of Equatorial Guinea, an oil-rich but dirt-poor enclave in West Africa, has bought a new $35 million dollar home in the USA, despite earning only US$5,000 a month as the country's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.
| Oct. 16, 2006
- Corruption & Money Laundering
- Oil, Gas & Mining
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Time to go global

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a groundbreaking initiative that promotes public disclosure of revenue flows from the oil, gas and mining industries to governments in countries that depend on natural resources. Greater revenue transparency means that citizens can track revenues into national budgets, reducing the risk of corruption and promoting informed public debate about the best use of public money.
| Aug. 17, 2006
- Corruption & Money Laundering
- D.R. Congo
Acharnement politico-judiciaire continu sur deux militants de la transparence pétrolière au Congo-Brazzaville

La Coalition Internationale Publiez ce que vous payez (PCQVP) condamne le harcèlement judicaire des deux militants de premier plan de la campagne anti-corruption au Congo, Brice Mackosso et Christian Mounzéo, tous deux coordinateurs de la branche Congolaise de la Coalition PCQVP, dans un simulacre de procès qui n’a pour objectif que de les empêcher de faire leur travail pour une meilleure gestion des richesses pétrolières de ce pays africain pauvre très endetté.
| Aug. 11, 2006
Ongoing intimidation of anti-corruption activists in Congo-Brazzaville

The international Publish What You Pay Coalition (PWYP) condemns the judicial harassment of the foremost anti-corruption activists in Congo-Brazzaville, Brice Mackosso and Christian Mounzéo, as a politically-motivated attempt to silence calls for more responsible management of the country’s oil wealth. Congo is one of the poorest and most heavily indebted African countries, despite earning billions in oil revenues.
| Aug. 3, 2006
New U.S. Envoy to Equatorial Guinea Must Hold Government Accountable for Corruption and Human Rights Abuses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Lynn Fredriksson at 202/544-0200 Wednesday, August 2, 2006 or Corinna Gilfillan at 202/721-5634 or Sarah Wykes at +44/7703/108449
| April 24, 2006
Strip secrecy from gas trade to Europe, says new Global Witness report

A vital supply route for natural gas to the European Union is dominated by mysterious business interests who have made huge profits while keeping their identities mostly secret, according to a new report by Global Witness. ‘It’s a Gas. Funny Business in the Turkmen-Ukraine Gas Trade’ charts a trade linking the Central Asian dictatorship of Turkmenistan with Ukraine and Western Europe. The trade takes place against a backdrop of allegations about corruption and organised crime in the former Soviet Union, and European fears about access to safe and stable energy supplies.

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